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Emo's 14th Anniversary: Scratch Acid and Gorch Fock

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Sep 062006
 

David YowFrom the Better-Late-Than-Never Edition:

I checked out the Emo’s 14th Anniversary Show this past Saturday. It was hot. It was crowded. There was a lot of sweat. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised given that it was an outdoor show in Austin in August. Who’da thought that the reunion would rate a cover story in XLEnt AND and cover story in the Chronicle.

I caught Gorch Fock’s last two songs. Austinist has a review of their latest CD today. I’d always meant to see them and intended to catch the whole show, but it didn’t happen. I was a big fan of Starfish, so I’m always interested in Jason Morales-affiliated projects. I didn’t see him onstage on Saturday, however. Anybody know why he wasn’t there? No longer in the band?

I also thought I recognized the singer. It turns out I did, but not exactly as I thought. Turns out, via some InterTubeWeb stalking, that he’s the twin brother of one of my neighbors, who apparently was in the cast of Texas Ranch House and who we saw in a report on a local news station (News8Austin?) about the opening of Talladega Nights at Alamo South Lamar. Have I ever mentioned that Austin’s a small town? Well, yeah.

Scratch Acid brought it. They played for over an hour and covered a lot of material. “Cannibal” hit early on and “She Said” was one of the last numbers. Yow made jokes, hung from the rafters and dedicated the show to Randy “Biscuit” Turner among others. Brett Bradford brought his son along to watch from the sidelines. Rey Washam looked very much the California surfer dude and showed his still got it, being the only one of the bunch still actively playing (I think). David Wm. Sims looked possessed and was rock solid as always. He must’ve been questioning his choice of shirt a few songs into the set.

I decided against bringing the camera, so I only got a few lame camphone shots, including the one you see here of David Yow trying to cool off on 6th Street after the show. Plenty of other people had cameras though, including several high-end looking video cameras. These two Flickr sets have some pretty good shots. Anyone else?

I wonder if any of our Chicago brethren are attending the Touch N Go 25th Anniversary that was the catalyst for this little shindig?

 Posted by on September 6, 2006 at 5:58 pm

What's In Store?

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Aug 312006
 

Don Caballero is doing an in-store at Waterloo Records tomorrow at 5pm and then playing Emo’s later that night. Their drummer is amazing. All you prog rock geeks should check it out. I’m not sure if I’ll make it.

I’ll take the opportunity to plug my own band’s in-store at Cheapo Discs (914 N. Lamar, I’d link their site, but the appear to have forgotten to pay their domain name registration bill) this Friday at 5pm. I’m told there’s usually free beer and it’s almost always a good time. I’m lame enough not to have ever done an in-store at Cheapo Discs, but it’s the original Whole Foods location, so the karma has to be good. I loved doing in-stores at Blondie’s when it was between 5th and 6th. If you find me (the drummer) and tell me you came because of the Metblog post, I’ll give you a free CD.

Speaking of old-time Austin things like the original Whole Foods, I just got back from the X / Rollins Band gig at Stubb’s. Good Stuff. Rollins mentioned Roky Erickson, The Dicks, Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, among others. Everyone was showing their age, but it still rocked.

What kind of week are we having when we get Rollins, X and a Scratch Acid reunion at Emo’s this coming Saturday? I recall my days as a wee impressionable lad at Bill’s Records and Tapes in early 80’s Richardson, forever remembering the Biafran bellies on the first Butthole Surfers record, the rainbow colored cover of Scratch Acid’s Just Keep Eating and the cover of most of Black Flag’s albums. Meeeemries.

Update (08.31.06 10:36 PM CDT): I just noticed that there’s an XLEnt article on Scratch Acid in today’s Statesman. The web version has links to Windows Media and Real Audio versions samples of “Cannibal”, “She Said” and “This is Bliss”.

 Posted by on August 31, 2006 at 12:28 am

The Word

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Aug 272006
 

greasemovie.jpgIf you’re looking for something to do tonight and don’t want to spend much cash, Alamo Drafthouse and AT&T are sponsoring a free screening of Grease tonight in Republic Square Park (between 4th & 5th and Guadalupe & San Antonio) at 7:30. The movie begins at dusk. The audio and video were remastered a few years ago for its 20th anniversary. I remember seeing it in the summer of 1978 while visiting friends in Iowa. We saw Caddyshack a few summers later. Guess which one warped me more.

Dogs, picnics, and lawn chairs are welcome. Alcoholic beverages are not permitted in the park. Concessions will be available.

 Posted by on August 27, 2006 at 3:40 pm
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